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It’s lucky the master’s gone to bed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mascot

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'it's lucky' is the definition.
(I know that mascot are lucky)

'master's gone to bed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'master's' could be 'mas' (Master of Arts) and 'mas' is present in the answer.
'bed' could be 'cot' (cot is a type of bed) and 'cot' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mascot that I've seen before include "Character or object used to bring good luck, or represent an organisation" , "'Symbol, for a team say (6)'" , "that's charming?" , "Good-luck item" , "Lucky charm" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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